Sending Kisses your way for Christmas...

Good morning to all! Just a few days before Christmas, but you'd never know by our weather here! Yesterday was 86 degrees - whew! My shopping is done, the presents are wrapped and under the tree and I only have some shortbread cookies to bake.

I have just one more card to show you and I couldn't post it earlier because it was going to someone very special. She has it in her possession now, so here goes...



Believe me, I don't have any details about this card, not even the paper I used or the Copics. Come the new year I will have lots more information included in my posts. I've just become quite slack.

So here are a few more pictures of the outside of my card...





How I finished the inside...



A closer look at the flowers on the front...



A closeup of Tilda...



I want to take this time to wish each and every one of you a most marvelous joy filled Christmas and the very best in 2011.

Merry Christmas,
Barb

Note Card set...

I'm still busy working on some Christmas projects and have this small post for you today. These little note cards didn't take me very long to make! Using the Magnolia Mini's Christmas 2010 images I made the whole set in just a few hours and that included drying time for the stickles or sparkly fluff to dry!

I love these little darlings! They are so addictive and such fun to work with. They color up so quickly and the results are always appealing.

So here is the entire set...



Here is each little card individually...

Christmas Tilda #3010:



Star Tilda #3059:



Santa Bending Over #170:



Tilda with Christmas Letters #3061:



The top half of each card was run through my Cuttlebug with the Snowflake Embossing folder. I then took my Brilliance Moonlight White ink pad and wiped it over the top to give the snow flakes some distinction. I used SU notecards in Soft Sky - a retired "In Color" and Taken With Teal for the scalloped oval mat. I'm sorry, I didn't keep track of all the colors I used on the images but there were quite a few!
The images were adhered to the card fronts with dimensionals. That's it, quick and easy!

Thanks for coming by my blog to see my latest creation...Merry Christmas!

Blessings and hugs,
Barb

Christmas Ornaments headed for CHA...

Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying all the preparations for Christmas. I've experienced a whole gamut of emotions from panic to happiness. It's always a stressful season for most of us. My shopping is complete and I just have a few items to bake so now I'm back in my studio for some fun.

Diana at Magnolia-licious, has asked the DT to make a couple of ornaments for her to take to CHA in January. It is for her display of the new Magnolia Mini's! All of these images are available at her shop and I was so please to work on these ornaments. All of my ornaments are hanging from a decorative mesh tree I have up in my home.

The first ornament I found to work on is the word "JOY". It came already to hang so all I had to do was put #3065 Angel Tilda Tilda in the "O". I used the same sized circle behind the image and popped Tilda up on that circle. This one was very easy...



My next ornament is make from a Crystal Snowflake. I used #3015 Sparkling Tilda and put some mini tree ornaments behind her. The snowflakes and the Candy Canes were all glued on with Fabri-Tac. The ribbon is from my stash.



My last ornament is a Chandelier Charm which had a black ornate scroll pattern on the back. It magnifies through the prism. It took me quite a while and lots of elbow grease to get that gunk off, but finally it was clean and I used #3038 Tilda with handing star for this one. I had to carefully cut my cardstock off on the back to fit the scallops. Then I covered it with a piece of pink dp and added stickles to hide up the edges (no pictures of the back). I added the pink swiss dot ribbon from my stash to finish off the top.




Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog today and see what I have done with a few more of these darling Mini's.

Blessings and Hugs,
Barb

Gingerbread...my favorite!

Oh, isn't this 2010 Christmas Collection just precious! As soon as I saw this sweetie, #3067 Gingerbread Tilda available from Diana here, I knew exactly what I was going to do with her. Last month, just after surgery, I got busy and stitched several cards in preparation for my order to arrive. So I chose the colors of the stitching on this card specifically for Gingerbread Tilda. I have to say that I love the flavor of Ginger anything - even Ginger Ale! I wanted to get inspired during the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday to make some delicious ginger cookies (the recipe which I've had for over 30 years and is from my dearest friend in Canada, Irene) But, I'm still not healed the way I would like to be and had to let that idea slide by while I spent time with my precious family.

So enough about that, let's get on to the card. Here is the front - and by the way this is a Christmas card which I will be sending out to someone!!!!



My Card Recipe:

Cardstock - Bazzill and SU
DP - Creative Imaginations
Copic Sketch Markers:
Skin - E00, E000, E0000 Chalk for cheeks
Hair - C7, C5, C3, C1
Hat/Pants - E18, E17, E19, E15, E13 Y15
Blouse - BG32, BG49, BG10
Basket - E30, E31, E33
Hearts - R89, R08
Flowers - All from Wild Orchid Crafts
Glimmer Mist
Rhinestones - stash
Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles, and Ovals/Scalloped ovals,
SU Slit Punch,
Sentiment - Computer generated borrowed from SU
Vingate Tag - Magnolia
Distress Ink for sponging
Machine embroidery Thread
Pop dots and ScorTape

Now here is a closer look at this darling Tilda...



On the inside I used the same Slit punch for each panel (notice I didn't stitch any of the panels on this card!!!) and I used the Nestabilities popping the sentiment up on pop dots. All my flowers and punched leaves are glimmered up with Pearl Glimmer mist and as you can see I've added a ton of rhinestones to my card.



Here is the sentiment panel up close...



I added another little Tilda to my notation panel...



I just had to find a way to use my new Vintage Tag die. So I stamped my siggy on to a piece of cardstock, distressed the edges and added the little circle cut from some matching designer paper...



I'd love to know what you think of my latest creation...
Blessings and hugs,
Barb

Altered Book...

Hi everyone, today I have a very short post for you. I'm so busy trying to get ready for Christmas that I have very little to post. My days are like a blur and I wish I could spend more time in my studio working on what I love to do!

So using this sweet #3067 Gingerbread Tilda, available at Diana's shop here I found this little notebook to alter. If you notice, I also altered a pen to match the book!



I love the background paper which I found at my local LSS. Here is a closer view of how I colored Tilda.



Sorry, I don't have a card recipe for you. I'll try to do better in the New Year!

Well that's it for today. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and find some time for crafting amidst your busy holiday preparations.

Blessings and hugs,
Barb

Cheery Cherry Tilda...

Hi everyone! After playing around with my altered projects using the Mini's, I think I'm quite ready to get back to making a regular card. Today I have a very bright and cheery card to share with you. She was so fun to make. I've used #338 Cherry Tilda from the Cozy Autumn Collection and she is available at Magnolia-licious . So please drop by Diana's shop and check out all the latest images she has available.

Here is my card...



I used Magnolia dp for this card and lots of bright red accessories to bring out the cherry's. Tilda is stamped on Cryogen and colored with Copics although the shadow around her was done with distress inks. For Tilda's dress/hat/socks I used BG10, 45, 49. For her hair I used E25, 30 & 35. Shoes are colored with C9, 7, 5,3 &1. The Cherries were colored with E46, G94 on the leaves. Skin is colored with E00,000,0000 with Chalk on the cheeks.

The pretty red panel behind Tilda is actually the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis which I cut into quarters and placed behind,leaving enough room for my silk ribbon. I found a pretty fish charm in the teal color that matched the paper so well. A few pearls added to the corners and down the side of the panel complete the front of the card.

Here is a close up of how Tilda was colored...



For the inside of my card I just added a strip of the dp which was matted with red and then stamped just Tilda's face and I made a medalion with it. I used my Scalloped Circle Nestie to mount her on and added some very tiny pearls to each scallop and to each corner of the panel. On the bottom panel I again punched the Fleur de Lis but turned it on an angle, added a small panel of white and a pearl in each corner.

Here now is a closer look at inside Tilda...

As had become my habit, I love to fancy up the back of my cards. I think it's kind of fun to have something to look at on the back. Also it identifies me as the artist and lets people know that this is an original creation.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. It's always fun to read the wonderful comments you leave.

Hugs,
Barb

December Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge

Hi all! Welcome to the December Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge. This month Diana challenged her team to make a Name Frame/Letter Frame. Interpret this in any creative way you would like.

A couple of years ago I got busy making a name frame for my Granddaughter, but for some reason or another, I never did get it finished, or the three children arrived to live with us and I never found the time to get it finished. Well, not so this year. This year my granddaughter is going to get this for Chritmas and it's already stashed away with the "to be wrapped" pile!

I thought at first that I would add a letter to the frame, but after painting the letter and holding it up beside the frame I nixed that idea. So how it's a separate piece and she can just sit it on her shelf somewhere.

So here is the name frame I had made, but it's all gussied up with flowers, pearls, a Tilda, some Chandalier Glass and everything is glitz and glammed with Pearl Glimmer Mist.



I had colored this image eons ago and found her hiding on top of my speciality paper shelves. Whoda thunk she would fit perfectly into this frame? Here is a close up view of my Tilda...



I ran out to Michaels (less than a block from my house) to get a letter to attach to the frame, and painted it blue with some acrylic paint that I had on hand and colored another Tilda to put on that. However I wasn't happy with the way it was looking together with the frame, so I've made it a separate piece for Lindsey.



Here is the letter and the frame together and you can see the pearl swirls I added to the opposite side of the frame from the flowers...



Here is a closer view of the flowers...



I have a few other small items to include in her Christmas gift - I hope she will like this name frame!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and I really hope you be inspired to create your own name/letter frame or door hanger or however you interpret this challenge.

Blessings and hugs,
Barb